Proverbs
Chapter 18
Verse 23
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Proverbs 18

Bible in Basic English, Verse 23

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23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 18:23. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 26
Editorial Notes 1
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Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.

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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

6 word entries
תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים
Lemma
8469
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8469
Occurrences
15
יְדַבֶּר
Lemma
1696
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
702
רָ֑שׁ
Lemma
7326
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7326
Occurrences
16
וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר
Lemma
c/6223
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6223
Occurrences
2
יַעֲנֶ֥ה
Lemma
6030 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6030
Occurrences
133
עַזּֽוֹת
Lemma
5794
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H5794
Occurrences
23
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܡܣܟܢܐ ܡܡܠܠ ܪ̈ܟܝܟܬܐ ܘܥܬܝܪܐ ܡܡܠܠ ܥܫܝ̈ܢܬܐ

6 word entries
ܡܣܟܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mskn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
52
ܡܡܠܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mmll
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
ܪ̈ܟܝܟܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
rkykt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܘܥܬܝܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'tyr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
ܡܡܠܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mmll
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
ܥܫܝ̈ܢܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'shynt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
48
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

תַּחֲנוּנֵי נְמַלֵל מִסְכְּנָא וְעַתִּירָא נְמַלֵל עֲשִׁינָתָא׃

6 word entries
תַּחֲנוּנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tchnwny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
נְמַלֵל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nmll
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
מִסְכְּנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mskn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
17
וְעַתִּירָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'tyr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
נְמַלֵל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nmll
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
עֲשִׁינָתָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shynt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Cum obsecrationibus loquetur pauper, et dives effabitur rigide.

8 word entries
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
obsecrationibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
obsecrationibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
17
loquetur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loquetur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
pauper
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pauper
Transliteration
pauper
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
231
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
dives
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diues
Transliteration
dives
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
101
effabitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
effor
Transliteration
effabitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2
rigide
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rigide
Transliteration
rigide
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • Greek LXX alternate structure

    This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

James 2:3

And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

5 relevance votes

James 2:6

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

4 relevance votes

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

4 relevance votes

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

3 relevance votes

1 Samuel 25:17

So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 42:30

The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 2:36

Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 25:10

And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

2 relevance votes

Matthew 5:3

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

2 relevance votes

Genesis 42:7

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

2 relevance votes

Ruth 2:7

And she said to me, Let me come into the grain-field and take up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute.

2 relevance votes
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